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Apps randomly keep starting up in background

So ill go into my system panel and kill all apps. Ill have about 160mb of memory free. Then the launcher obviously restarts and system panel and my widgets all start back up, but what i dint hnderstand is why do thi gs like google voice or the music player start up in the background if i havent even used them? They start up almost instantly....
How can i make sure **** stays off?
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Start up manager or similar from the market. Take care though, if you block something that system wants to be launched, it may keep attempting to launch it, leading to high battery consumption

Some app include a service, which they are executed in background. If the service is maually stopped, android can launch it again.
There are many application on the market which stop periodically these app. The point is that if it has a service, there is a reason, and by stopping it, you can obtain a strange comportment.
By example, in the first version of Android, gtalk was used for the authentification on android market, it is very strange but it was like that. The user was not informed of this link which was a kind of transparent. So if you stopped gtalk, you were not able to go on the market.
Do you need a lot of RAM? If yes uninstall the application you don t use, but I advise you to not stop mannually or automatically the application on your phone.

I guess thats how android functions as such. I tried stopping these programs so many times using apps from the market, but it starts again n few minutes. So its like we are wasting our time trying to kill apps.

Autostarts and/or Android Optimizer will stop any unwanted apps from running constantly. Works for me but just make sure you know what you are doing so you don't stop something you need (as described above)..

[Q] Help removing Kindle fire apps

Hi
I was wondering if there's a workaround in how to remove preinstalled apps from kindle fire. It's frustrating as I wanted to give Fire's to my kids and I don't really want them to have FB access. I thought I could control what apps live on the Fire but apparently Amazon has decided for us. I wish this had been on the product page.also it consumes a lot of RAM.
Thanks

Root it & utilize an app like Titanium Backup to freeze or remove the unneeded apps.

frank121977 said:
Hi
I was wondering if there's a workaround in how to remove preinstalled apps from kindle fire. It's frustrating as I wanted to give Fire's to my kids and I don't really want them to have FB access. I thought I could control what apps live on the Fire but apparently Amazon has decided for us. I wish this had been on the product page.also it consumes a lot of RAM.
Thanks
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You do realize that the FB app on the fire just points to the site using the browser, so even if you remove the "app" they can still use the browser to get to all kinds of stuff right including Facebook, twitter, adult sites and much more? Not sure of the age of the kids, but this is a media device and as such, they will have full access to a lot of stuff you may not want them to access.
The FB app itself doesn't use much RAM at all since it is not really an app.

Thanks A lot krelvinaz

frank121977 said:
Hi
I was wondering if there's a workaround in how to remove preinstalled apps from kindle fire. It's frustrating as I wanted to give Fire's to my kids and I don't really want them to have FB access. I thought I could control what apps live on the Fire but apparently Amazon has decided for us. I wish this had been on the product page.also it consumes a lot of RAM.
Thanks
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Try this app. It works great & you can control what your kids can get to. I intend to set it up on the ones we got ours for Christmas. They will only have access to the apps I load up for them. I did try to install it on my Droid X & it just locked it down at the loading screen. I had to connect the thing to the computer to uninstall it!! One tip, don't lock the home button. The home button will get them to the regular home screen, but they'll still be locked out of any unapproved apps, even without that home button locked.
http://www.amazon.com/Kids-Place-Wi...1?ie=UTF8&s=mobile-apps&qid=1322925966&sr=1-1

I think you can do something with the hosts file too. Like how adfree blocks ad sites, you might be able to edit and add facebook.com in and it would stop it from working, browsers too.

[Q] disable autostarting amazon apps

i noticed the kf is autostarting some amazon apps:
amazon appstore, amazon video, amazon mp3, amazon kindle, amazon launcher and pulse
if i close them, most of them restart and use memory.
i don't need them preloaded, some of them i don't need at all.
is it possible to disable the autostart for these apps ?
the usual progs from the market don't seem to work on the kf !
tried startup cleaner, startup manager and some others.
any suggestions would be very appreciated - thanks !

I had good luck uninstalling these apps with Titanium backup. Definitely back them up though. I remember staying away from anything that looked like an Amazon library and not necessarily an application. I didn't suffer any repercussions, but I can't say what would happen if you uninstall something you shouldn't or when the next update from Amazon comes. Also it's my understanding that Android is designed to load and unload apps from memory as memory needs change, so you might not really gain as much as you would hope by uninstalling these apps.
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i don't want to unstall one of these apps - only stop them autostarting ..
Android is designed to load and unload apps from memory as memory needs change
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then it doesn't matter what's loaded at startup !
thanks for the info !

If you are rooted System Tuner Pro has the ability to disable startup of apps. It's quite handy for other things also. It's a paid app, $3 I think.
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Preventing apps from automatic closing on fire hd 10 (2017)

Sorry I have posted this in the wrong section, not sure how to delete it or move it to the other q and a section
I own a 2017 Fire HD tablet 10. One thing which I have noticed is that if I'm playing a music app like Spotify or Amazon music, if I start using other apps something as simple as Google Chrome, the music app to automatically close after a few minutes. It seems like it might be a lack of ram issue. Just might be forcing the on my closure by the Android operating system. I was wondering if there is any way to select which apps are prevented from closure in the fire OS / lollipop ecosystem.
Is there any app that you might recommend that might work to remediate this ?
Is there any methods that you might recommend?
I tried freeze app type of applications, but I don't think they really do anything. My best guess at this time is to uninstall applications I don't use which seems to still be using processes and services even when they are not on or opened.
Thanks a lot for your help in these matters

Ankurnmhs said:
Sorry I have posted this in the wrong section, not sure how to delete it or move it to the other q and a section
I own a 2017 Fire HD tablet 10. One thing which I have noticed is that if I'm playing a music app like Spotify or Amazon music, if I start using other apps something as simple as Google Chrome, the music app to automatically close after a few minutes. It seems like it might be a lack of ram issue. Just might be forcing the on my closure by the Android operating system. I was wondering if there is any way to select which apps are prevented from closure in the fire OS / lollipop ecosystem.
Is there any app that you might recommend that might work to remediate this ?
Is there any methods that you might recommend?
I tried freeze app type of applications, but I don't think they really do anything. My best guess at this time is to uninstall applications I don't use which seems to still be using processes and services even when they are not on or opened.
Thanks a lot for your help in these matters
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That's the problem on your Fire tablet, apps is crashing because the Amazon's junk. Use this @Datastream33's Fire Toolbox and select Remove Everything Amazon on toolbox.

Ankurnmhs said:
Sorry I have posted this in the wrong section, not sure how to delete it or move it to the other q and a section
I own a 2017 Fire HD tablet 10. One thing which I have noticed is that if I'm playing a music app like Spotify or Amazon music, if I start using other apps something as simple as Google Chrome, the music app to automatically close after a few minutes. It seems like it might be a lack of ram issue. Just might be forcing the on my closure by the Android operating system. I was wondering if there is any way to select which apps are prevented from closure in the fire OS / lollipop ecosystem.
Is there any app that you might recommend that might work to remediate this ?
Is there any methods that you might recommend?
I tried freeze app type of applications, but I don't think they really do anything. My best guess at this time is to uninstall applications I don't use which seems to still be using processes and services even when they are not on or opened.
Thanks a lot for your help in these matters
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I'm having the same issue trying to stream from the firehd 10 2019. Once I switch to my game it stops streaming a few seconds later.

Post 5.6.2.0 Update: New Super Annoying Background System Process Causing Major Lag

Hello Fire Folk,
I decided to go ahead take the plunge and let my 2017 Fire HD tablets do their thing and update to 5.6.2.0. Well, the too-good-to-be-true advertising lulled me in anyway ("Show Mode!? You mean I can finally use my Fire Tablet for multi-room audio? And I can stop calling half the Alexa devices in the house "Alexa" while I call the others "Computer" and we can all live as one big happy, desegregated family?! And I can play Spotify on any of the devices and make drop in calls until my heart's content!??" Well, we're not quite there yet...
Anyway, the purpose of my post... Is anyone else noticing the annoying "Ghost" notifications (where it's just a blank white bar at the top, popping up regularly, but if you tap on it/long-touch it enough it eventually reveals its true self) appearing more frequently now? I have three HD 8s and one HD 10 and the background app is running rampant on all of them, resulting in super-frustrating and function-impairing crumminess. Fortunately, the 10 has root and on that tablet I can put this resource-gobbling ghost in its place. However, I'm at a loss on the Fire 8s. In the past I've tried various "no root" app freezing applications but I've never really found one that truly is capable of doing what it claims to be able to accomplish. Does anyone have any tips? I know for a while we could run that one script and make magic happen but can no longer use that trick. :-/
The background ghost app is "Tachyon Calling App" and I gather it's part of the messaging system that is supposed to make the Fire, post 5.6.2.0 update, more "Show"-like. But it runs wiiiild. I'll grabbed a few screenshots which tell a little more about this background pest and will include them below. If you've upgraded to the latest OS and haven't noticed this yet, I hope you never do, but I'd be surprised should you not soon become well-acquainted.
Oh also, my tablets all have Play Store et al. installed and I'm using Action Launcher, if that might have any impact on why I'm experiencing this conflict.
Thanks all! I've been lurking in the Fire section for a long time now and decided to finally make a profile, interact, etc. I am very appreciative to many people here for sharing the awesome findings/discoveries/techniques you've brought forward. I am still holding out hope - some day - even if it's 2046 and these tablets are beyond obsolete/somehow still manage to exist in physical form somewhere in the world, that we will get root access on HD 8! ??????
Screenshots w. additional details:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/album.php?albumid=15035

Having this same problem on a Fire 8 that's got the Play Store loaded. Also my model doesn't even have a sim card, does yours?

This is a new one. Never heard of or seen this app in any Amazon tablet I own (and I own several from the Fire 7 all the way to 10). Just from doing a general search, it appears it belongs to tachyon Mobility. At least that's the most likely culprit. For whatever reason it's on a device I have no idea unless you own a Samsung phone or tablet. I've seen other Samsung apps and Hardware configurations on Motorola devices but never on an Amazon device. If you don't mind uploading a copy of the APK, I can decompile it and take a look inside and see what it actually does or at least try. For now disable it by changing the file name to: appname.apk_ because some system apps like that may become useful in the future. By the way if you are rooted on the HD 10 Google 'rooted activity launcher'. Download the APK from the GitHub source. You can use that activity launcher to launch almost every system app that has a user interface. If this application does you can launch it with rooted activity launcher and see what it does.